Fountain mop



Den 1,1931 VT.YEATER 1,834,510

FOUNTAIN MOP Filed July 5, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 T. YEATER FOUNTAIN MOP Dec. 1, 1931.

Filed July 5, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 to I Patented Dec. 1, 1931 ,FFFC

trier/ms warns, on OWELL, 'INDIANA v FOUNTAIN ivror Applieation filed'J'u1y 5, 1929. [Serial No. 376,016.

mop embodying as its characteristics a con-Q duit member adapted for connection with a hose for supplying the fluid vehicle, a mounting frame forthe swab or fibrous portion of a mop which will lend form to such fibrous portion independently of the conduit member, and means for coordinating the framed fibrous portion with the hose in a position approximately parallel with although preferably at a slight angle of depression to the surface to" which the 'mop is applied and preferably including a hood portionthat prevents the fluid vehicle I from escaping otherwise'than through the mop; and particularlysuch an organization in which the fibrous portion, together with its'frame, is

readily separable from and has its frame constructed -with clippi means through which it is vreleasably secured tothe conduit member. The preferred means for realizing this object also adapting the hose to serve as a handle through which the mop is presented in position of convenient and effective use.

Another object is to provide a cheap and durably constructed 'mop with a'form that willbetter adapt it to define the area of fluid action, thereby not only increasing its effi- 40 ciency but rendering the instrument more convenient for use, 1 p

o The invention proceeds upon the principle of relating the conduit to the men in a posi- V V embodiment of Figures 1 and 2, A represents r 'tionvapproximately paralleling but preferablyata substantial angle of forward defpression to the surfaceto-which the mop is applied which will cause the discharge or intake of the conduit! as the case may be) to be obstructed by themop hood and: dispersed outwardly or inwardly. through the fibrous body of the mop rather than upwardly or a around the outside of the mopf-fra'me; the

mop being preferably, of U-shape" or doubled upon itself, and provided with means for holding it in position with the conduit aligned with the spacebetween its two resultant legs or members, to 'lendthe desired angle of depression to a conduit intruded through-the rearopenend of saidspace, forwardly to the bend of the mop said space-be tween the legs being covered by a ho'od, if desired, and the means for holding the conduit and framed mop body in assembly being preferably fashioned from the material of theframe of the mop body, and designed on the principle of eyes or loops on the frame acting as 'a clip. While the conduit, broadly considered,is frequently referred to in this specification as the hose, it is to be understood that the portion of the conduit which enters into the organization of the mopmay be, as illustrated in; the drawings, a rigid structure equipped for the attachment of a flexible hose. In the accompanyingdrawings Figure 1 is'a perspective view of one embodiment of the invention; 7 b

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof,- with the hose shown in elevation;

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the com bined mop frameand hose-receiving means;

Figure 4: is a perspective view illustrating another embodiment ofthe invention;

Figure5 is a vertical'longitudinal section of'the form shown in Figure 45, but having the hose assembled therewith Figure 6 is a perspective view of the combined mop frame and hose assemblingmeans employed in Figures4- and 5; and

Figure 7 shows in perspective a modified design of a frame serving the purposes of the frame shown in Figure 6. 7

Referring specifically to the illustrative vide gripping loops 4, 4, to receive thehos'e and permanently incorporating it into the structure of said binder through means of the stitching 8 which holds the fibrous mass 1 upon the frame 3.

As shown in Figure 3, the frame 3 in addition to forming the support for and being removable with the fibrous mass 1, re-

Qsiliently presents loops 4 normally in posi- .tions which cause the loops to serve as attaching clips, for instance, by gripping upon the hose B and thus become the means for clamping the mop to the hose.

According to the modification shown in Figures 4;, 5, and 6. the hood 5 is omitted; the fibrous mass 1a is mounted upon a frame .3 through means of a binder comprising outer facing 6a. inner facing 7a. and stitchin a' 8a: and the frame in addition to having loops 4a, functioning to grip the hose B as in Figures 1. 2. and 3. has longitudinal extensions 4m alongside the hose B and terminating in aligning eyes 4?). 472 which will receive the innermost end of the hose, and in coniunction with the gripping loops 41a. grip the frame of the mop in proper alignment with th e hose, preferably with the inner end of the hose dipped to a point sufficiently below the upper margin of the binder 2a to cause the desired dispersion of the expelled water or the sucked in air among: the fibrous members of the mop body.

In Figure 7. the frame 37). upon which .the mop is constructed. terminates in hoseembodiments of the general principle of its construction. a hose or other fluid conduit. when assembled with the mop.'will be held in such relation to the mop .as to insure cooperation of the two elements in the functioning: and the fluid. whether it be water delivered by the hose to act as a vehicle for material dislodged by the mop or air sucked into the forward end of the hose by some known air exhauster. will be caused to permeate the body of the mop. The design of the mop in a U-form or doubled upon itself provides efficient control of the fluid;

the illustrated meansfor holding the hose in cooperative relation to the mop permits of convenient assembly and disassembly; and

the manner of fashioning the same from the frame of the mop of offers a cheap and durable mop construction. With this construction, mounting of the mop body upon the pipe or other conduit herein generally referred to as the hose is accomplished by merely grasping the mop body and insuring coaxial overlap of the independent relatively movable rear loops, movement of which is permitted by the form of the frame upon which'the mop body is mounted and by the flexible nature of the hood 5, and then introducing the conduit to the desired extent or until its inner end approximates the position show in Figure 2 or enters the inner hosereceivingeye, as shown in Figures 4 to 7 if the frame be of a design shown in any of said figures, and then relieving the hold on the mop body.

if claim:

1. A mop comprising abocly portion and a frame carrying said body portion; said frame including a pair of relatively movable mop arms adapted to receive a conduit between them; said arms being joined at one end and having their rearward portions fash ioned into two independent and relatively movable assembling loops adapted to be brought, by their relative movement, into coaxial overlapping relation to permit them to receive, a conduit.

2. A mop as defined in claim 1, in which the arms are resiliently united and normally assume relative positions which hold their assembling loops yieldingly out of coaxial alignment and cause said loops to grip a conduit passed through them.

3. A; mop constructed as defined in claim 1, and having a hood extending from one to the other of the arms of the mop in position to overlie the conduit when inserted through the loops and between the arms; said hood being made of flexible material and permitting limited relative movement be tween said arms.

4. A mop having a frame doubled upon itself to provide a rearwardly extending pair of resiliently related -mop supporting arms having at their free ends clipping loops adapted to receive a conduit for fluid used in com bination with the mop, said loops being adapted to grip a member introduced between them. I

5. In amop, an elongated fibrous mop body having along one margin a binder adapted to receive a supporting frame, a frame located in said binder, including two members located to impart to the mop body a pair of arms with an intervening conduit-receivin space and a hood extending between said arms and covering saidspaceysaid hood being united to, the binder beneath the frame; and the rear portions of the frame members being fashioned into separate, relatively movable, overlapping conduit-cmbracing loops in position for the passage of a conduit entering the space between the arms.

6. A mop comprising a fibrous mass, a binder for said fibrous mass, a frame for said mass supporting the same in substantially U-form, with resiliently related sides, and a hood having its marginal portion overlying said binder and stitched to said'resiliently related sides and covering the space'between them. i 7' 7 A mop comprising a fibrous mass, a binder therefor, a frame incorporated in said binder, means for assembling a conduit with said mop comprising loops fashioned from the material of said frame at one end of the frame, longitudinal extensions projecting V forwardly from said loops, and an aligning eye carried by said extensions.

a 8. In combination, a substantially U-shaped g0 mop providing spaced mop members merging together at one end of the mop and leaving a'space open at the opposite end, a conduit extending into said space through the open end thereof, and means holding the conduit in assembly withsthe mop, comprising a mop frame conforming to the U-shape of the mop and having parts adapted to releasably grip the conduit after relative longitudinal movement in the assembly of the conduit and mop. v

Signed at Lowell, Indiana, this 17th day i of June, 1929.

- THOMAS YEATER. 

